It wasn’t until my touch reached the heart of her backside that she jolted. First with my tongue and then my fingers, preparing her for what we all needed.

My name fell from her lips, whether in warning or question, I couldn’t tell. But she soon succumbed to the moment, her beautiful form writhing beneath Exos’s mouth as he worshiped her sweet pussy with every ounce of skill he possessed.

Life breathed into the air between the three of us.

Claire’s life.

Her spirit rejuvenated. Joyful. Alive. Here.

But still, I needed more.

She’d left.

Stopped breathing.

Her energy gone.

Never again. I wouldn’t allow it, would thread my soul with hers if I had to, just to keep her with us forever. And I knew Exos felt the same, could sense it in the way he caressed her now. So frantic, alarmed, and uncontrolled. All heat and emotion. Arousal. Yearning.

A craving she nearly left us with for eternity.

A deep sadness.

A perpetual loneliness.

No. I refused to accept such a fate.

Mine, I thought, biting her rump and smiling at the imprint left there.

“Cyrus,” she groaned, searching for me over her shoulder. With one hand in Exos’s hair, she tried to grab me with her other, but the angle was all wrong. I nipped her backside once more before pressing kisses up her spine to the back of her neck, my fingers still lodged deep within her. Scissoring. Expanding. Preparing her for something I doubted she’d ever experienced.

But our Claire wasn’t shy. No. As soon as I was close enough, she grabbed the back of my neck and forced me to kiss her.

Exos chuckled against her damp heat, high from the taste of her ecstasy—a sign of life.

We were drunk on it.

Fueled to take her to additional heights.

To fuck her into an oblivion of mutual satisfaction.

Sharing women wasn’t unusual for us. It also wasn’t typical. We’d been known to experiment and play. But to have Claire between us now put all that previous experience to shame.

Because she was our heart.

Our mate.

The one we adored more than existence itself.

“We’re going to take you, Claire,” I whispered against her mouth. “Together.”

“Mmm, and you’re going to love every second of it,” Exos agreed, licking a path up her stomach to her breasts. “I can’t wait to hear you come with both of us lodged deep inside you, baby. It’ll be the most amazing sound.”

“Yes,” I agreed. Her screams resembled vitality, assured us both she still breathed. And her pleasure was still ours to give.

I withdrew my fingers, certain of her readiness, and nudged her backside with my cock.

“Do you understand, Claire?” I murmured, my lips at her ear now as she arched back into me. “Do you understand what we’re about to do to you?”